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CAT 2023 Slot 1 VARC

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · 24 questions · 40 minutes · +3 / −1 (no negative marking on type-in answers)

Questions

  1. Q1. All of the following can be inferred from the passage EXCEPT:
  2. Q2. All of the following are advanced by the author as reasons why non-geographers disregard geographic influences…
  3. Q3. The examples of the Inuit and Aboriginal Australians are offered in the passage to show:
  4. Q4. The author criticises scholars who are not geographers for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
  5. Q5. All of the following claims contribute to the "remapping" discussed by the passage, EXCEPT:
  6. Q6. Which one of the following statements is not true about migration in the Indian Ocean world?
  7. Q7. On the basis of the nature of the relationship between the items in each pair below, choose the odd pair out:
  8. Q8. All of the following statements, if true, would weaken the passage's claim about the relationship between main…
  9. Q9. We can infer that Sahlins's main goal in writing his essay was to:
  10. Q10. The author mentions Tanzania's Hadza community to illustrate:
  11. Q11. The author of the passage criticises Sahlins's essay for its:
  12. Q12. The author of the passage mentions Galbraith's "The Affluent Society" to:
  13. Q13. The inhabitants of Lozère have to grapple with all of the following problems, EXCEPT:
  14. Q14. Which one of the following has NOT contributed to the growing wolf population in Lozère?
  15. Q15. The author presents a possible economic solution to an existing issue facing Lozère that takes into account th…
  16. Q16. Which one of the following statements, if true, would weaken the author's claims?
  17. Q17. There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, …
  18. Q18. There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, …
  19. Q19. Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can b…
  20. Q20. Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can b…
  21. Q21. The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent parag…
  22. Q22. The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent parag…
  23. Q23. The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the esse…
  24. Q24. The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the esse…